Streams and urbanization

The Water Environment of Cities

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 93-123

  Booth, Derek B ^a,b   Bledsoe, Brian P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Stillwater Sciences   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

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EID: 84864521834     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-84891-4_6     Document Type: Chapter

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